The Knot Weddings Magazine

One Wedding TWO WAYS

Even though I have five years of experience as an editor at The Knot, when I got engaged, my now-husband Matt and I did what every couple should feel free to do: Throw out the rule book. I love weddings, and I’m all for being in and attending them, but I always knew that for me personally, I didn’t want a large affair—but I didn’t want a smaller, traditional wedding either. Matt and I spent a lot of time thinking what an alternative celebration would look like, and finally decided that an elopement-style wedding was

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